Attorney General Bill Schuette in SaginawAttorney General Bill Schuette speaks to Saginaw County Republicans at the group's annual Lincoln Day Breakfast Saturday, March 22, at the Saginaw Country Club. Schuette talked about his work as attorney general, including his fight to uphold Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage, and announced his campaign for reelection in 2014.

SAGINAW, MI — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told Saginaw County Republicans that he will seek reelection to a second term this year.

Schuette said he had been pouring coffee for constituents since his first congressional campaign in 1984.

"When I first ran for Congress years ago, I was running against an incumbent congressman who had vanquished everyone who had come before him that had challenged him," he said. "So I was young, a little bit awkward, and most people ignored me. Which is not a really good recipe for victory, right?

"I stumbled upon it one day — pouring coffee. And it forced people to say hello, whether they wanted to or not. It gave me an opportunity to connect with folks and gave me the ability to move about the room instead of being stuck in a chair."

During his 18-month campaign, Schuette said, he poured coffee at every Republic Party meeting, every Farm Bureau and Rotary Club event and anywhere else he went as he targeted 10th congressional district incumbent Democrat Donald Albosta.

"And I won by 1,314 votes," Schuette said. "So I figured every cup of coffee counted."

Schuette will conduct his official reelection campaign launch on Monday morning, March 24, at the Midland County Courthouse. That event will start a reelection tour in which he will make about 25 separate stops in four days, he said.

"My wife and I will be criss-crossing the state," Schuette said.

During the event Saturday in Saginaw Couny, he listed some of his key accomplishments during his first term as Michigan's attorney general.

"I'm going to run on my record," Schuette said. "My record is strong, my record is clear, and it's a record of being a voice for victims, a voice for the Constitution and a voice for Michigan."